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re: They’re Going After Justice Clarence Thomas Now (Again)
Posted on 4/6/23 at 10:46 am to mwade91383
Posted on 4/6/23 at 10:46 am to mwade91383
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The issue is alleged ethics violations. If you don’t know what an ethics violation is, google is your friend.
Yes, it's a minor ethics violation. I stated as much already. It isn't more than that. Certainly doesn't even come anywhere close to the level of impeachment.
This post was edited on 4/6/23 at 10:47 am
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Posted on 4/6/23 at 10:47 am to mwade91383
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Supreme Court Travel
A look at the numbers of privately paid trips taken by Supreme Court justices from 2004-2014, ranked top to bottom by frequency of travel per year.
Scalia
258 trips in 11 years
23.5 trips per year
Breyer
185 trips in 11 years
16.8 trips per year
Sotomayor
67 trips in 5 years
13.4 trips per year
Kennedy
132 trips in 11 years
12.0 trips per year
Ginsburg
117 trips in 11 years
10.6 trips per year
Alito
83 trips in 9 years
10.1 trips per year
Kagan
33 trips in 4 years
8.3 trips per year
Thomas
86 trips in 11 years
7.8 trips per year
Roberts
48 trips in 10 years
4.8 trips per year
Source: Center for Responsive Politics
This is an old list so there may be more current info but back in 2014, Kagan was taking more trips than Thomas. In fact, ALL the liberal justices and almost all of the justices were taking more trips than Thomas as he was near the bottom of the list. Scalia was at the top, so this is obviously a bipartisan thing they are ALL doing.
NYT link
Posted on 4/6/23 at 10:48 am to LSUnation78
Surely Democrats are guilty of crimes/violations. Why can't Republicans seem to find the dirt? Are they not looking?
Posted on 4/6/23 at 10:49 am to BABAR
quote:its not a gift for a friend to invite you onto his yacht/plane for anything.
gifts" he received are riding on said friend's yacht and flying on said friend's plane"
This post was edited on 4/6/23 at 10:50 am
Posted on 4/6/23 at 10:50 am to Thacian
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its not a gift for a friend to invite you onto his yacht/plane for anything.
Nah man, once you're a SCOTUS judge you can't go do anything with people you know. Totally unallowed.
Posted on 4/6/23 at 10:50 am to LSUnation78
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has accepted luxury gifts from a prominent Republican donor for more than 20 years without disclosing them,
Were they from his wife?
This post was edited on 4/6/23 at 10:51 am
Posted on 4/6/23 at 10:51 am to jnethe1
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People actually believe they can vote their way out of this mess… lol
Posted on 4/6/23 at 10:51 am to mwade91383
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The issue is alleged ethics violations. If you don’t know what an ethics violation is, google is your friend.
Literally the first story linked in the OP's article
Supreme Court Justices Don't Have An Ethics Code
How is it a violation of the ethics code they don't have?
I agree that they should. But if they don't have an ethics code, they can't be violating it.
Posted on 4/6/23 at 10:53 am to Lightning
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This is an old list so there may be more current info but back in 2014, Kagan was taking more trips than Thomas. In fact, ALL the liberal justices and almost all of the justices were taking more trips than Thomas as he was near the bottom of the list. Scalia was at the top, so this is obviously a bipartisan thing they are ALL doing.
Pretty much every single one will take an all expense paid "teaching" position for various law schools' overseas summer programs every year.
Have any ever been asked to recuse themselves from any matters involving any such institutions because of this?
Posted on 4/6/23 at 10:57 am to LSUnation78
Is this swampy or not?
Posted on 4/6/23 at 10:57 am to imjustafatkid
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It's a bunch of nothing the Dems are trying to throw out because they know they're going to lose the next presidential election and they hate black people who disagree with them.
You can stop in the bolded section.
Posted on 4/6/23 at 10:57 am to LSUnation78
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people calling for impeachmints
:Chuckles in Republican:
Posted on 4/6/23 at 11:05 am to LSUnation78
On Tuesday, we had the Manhattan DA charging Trump with 34 felonies which all reference covering up "another crime" but he does not name that "other crime" or charge him with that "other crime."
On Thursday, we have media blasting Clarence Thomas' alleged "ethics violation" but they fail to cite the ethics code or how this is a violation of it.
Seems legit.
On Thursday, we have media blasting Clarence Thomas' alleged "ethics violation" but they fail to cite the ethics code or how this is a violation of it.
Seems legit.
Posted on 4/6/23 at 11:16 am to boosiebadazz
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Is this swampy or not?
Don't know. Is it swampy for people to vacation with friends?
Posted on 4/6/23 at 11:44 am to BABAR
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"The "gifts" he received are riding on said friend's yacht and flying on said friend's plane"
LMAO
Posted on 4/6/23 at 12:11 pm to imjustafatkid
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Which is, at most, an "oh my bad, yeah I road on his yacht and flew in his plane" moment.
Posted on 4/6/23 at 12:19 pm to BABAR
The only impeachable offense would be acceptance of a bribe.
There’s a judicial conduct act.
If the guy wasn’t appearing before him there’s no way it was a bribe. If he had - Thomas could (and probably would) recuse himself.
Democrats are Bolsheviks.
There’s a judicial conduct act.
If the guy wasn’t appearing before him there’s no way it was a bribe. If he had - Thomas could (and probably would) recuse himself.
Democrats are Bolsheviks.
Posted on 4/6/23 at 12:22 pm to Pezzo
quote:. Can you link this? I'd be interested in reading that detail.
thats new requirements
Posted on 4/6/23 at 12:24 pm to LSUnation78
I mean if he was accepting gifts and it affected his position then that is an issue. regardless of side
Posted on 4/6/23 at 12:24 pm to LSUnation78
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said his committee “will act” following the report.
“The highest court in the land shouldn’t have the lowest ethical standards,” Durbin said in a statement. “Today’s Pro Publica report reveals that Justice Thomas has for years accepted luxury travel on private yachts and jets and a litany of other gifts that he failed to disclose. This behavior is simply inconsistent with the ethical standards the American people expect of any public servant, let alone a Justice on the Supreme Court.”
Democrats latched onto the report to raise calls for more scrutiny of the conservative justice.
“This secrecy is toxic and wrong,” tweeted Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), a Senate Judiciary Committee member who is one of the chamber’s top critics of Supreme Court ethics rules.
“The Court should not protect it any longer, and the Judicial Conference should look diligently and with urgency into this mess of front group briefs,” Whitehouse added.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) called for Thomas to be impeached.
And Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tweeted, “The American people deserve a federal judiciary that is accountable to the rule of law, not wealthy Republican donors. Today’s news is a stark reminder that judges should be held to the highest ethical standards and free from conflicts of interest.”
LINK
“The highest court in the land shouldn’t have the lowest ethical standards,” Durbin said in a statement. “Today’s Pro Publica report reveals that Justice Thomas has for years accepted luxury travel on private yachts and jets and a litany of other gifts that he failed to disclose. This behavior is simply inconsistent with the ethical standards the American people expect of any public servant, let alone a Justice on the Supreme Court.”
Democrats latched onto the report to raise calls for more scrutiny of the conservative justice.
“This secrecy is toxic and wrong,” tweeted Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), a Senate Judiciary Committee member who is one of the chamber’s top critics of Supreme Court ethics rules.
“The Court should not protect it any longer, and the Judicial Conference should look diligently and with urgency into this mess of front group briefs,” Whitehouse added.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) called for Thomas to be impeached.
And Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tweeted, “The American people deserve a federal judiciary that is accountable to the rule of law, not wealthy Republican donors. Today’s news is a stark reminder that judges should be held to the highest ethical standards and free from conflicts of interest.”
LINK
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